Sainte-Catherine
Commune
A view within Sainte-Catherine
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Catherine
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Coordinates: 50°18′28″N 2°45′50″E / 50.3078°N 2.7639°E / 50.3078; 2.7639
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-1
Intercommunality	CU d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Van Ghelder[1]
Area 1	4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,594
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62744 /62223
Elevation	53–105 m (174–344 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Catherine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t katʁin] ^ⓘ; also unofficially: Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, [sɛ̃t katʁin lez‿aʁas], literally Sainte-Catherine near Arras; Picard: Sainte-Cat'leine-lès-Aro) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Sainte-Catherine is a large suburb, just 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the centre of Arras, at the junction of the D264 and D63 roads.

Population

Notable people

• Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born 1978), former footballer
• Nando de Colo (born 1987), basketball player

Places of interest

• The church of St.Catherine, rebuilt, along with much of the commune, after World War I.